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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to centrally counted optical scan ballots. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 127.1301(b), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An authority operating a central counting station under |
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this chapter shall [may not] purchase and [or] use a centrally |
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counted optical ballot scan system. A system under this section |
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must use [that uses] a data storage device [disc] on which |
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information, once written: |
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(1) [,] is not capable of being modified; or |
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(2) becomes unreadable if a person attempts to modify |
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it. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 127.1301(c), (d), and (e), Election |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |